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The Garden of Words brings to the manga page all the beauty and mystery of the award-winning film from artful animator Makoto Shinkai. Beloved for the simple grace of its artwork as much as the poetic elegance...

An award-winner and top-seller in Japan, this provocative new manga handles its controversial subject with insight and sensitivity."...Emotionally poignancy is due not just to this thoughtful writing but also to...

As the seasons change, so do Satoko and Mashuu. Mashuu has begun high school, and his relationship with Satoko has settled into casual encounters and study sessions. Though their waters...

After realizing some of her flaws, Satoko is determined to open up Mashuu’s world. For the new year, she wants to take a novel approach to her efforts with Mashuu,...

Satoko has tried to put distance between herself and Mashuu after he tells her how he feels. Mayu, bored and restless after moving to Tokyo, invites Mashuu out to karaoke,...

Satoko Tawada, a 30-year-old office worker.Mashuu Hayami, a 12-year-old student.Satoko is transferred to Sendai, and they lose contact.Then, two years later, they meet again,entirely by coincidence, and they reconnect, but...

After Mashuu’s father finds out just how involved Satoko had gotten in his son’s life, he uses a work connection to have Satoko transferred all the way to Sendai. She...

Satoko continues to spend time with Mashuu, until one evening when Mashuu’s father happens to discover them practicing soccer. Satoko manages to placate Mashuu’s father and get his permission to...

Satoko considers the time she spends with Mashuu to be special. One day she gets a glimpse into his warped home life, and she wonders what she can possibly do...

From the popular Seraph of the End series comes the latest prequel of the light novels! What meaning can life have after the end of the world? Guren and his...

From the creator of Ran and the Gray World, Aki Irie. The story takes place in Iceland, at land’s end, 64°N. Kei Miyama is a 17-year-old with three secrets: he can talk...

Seiichi's mother loves him very much, and his days pass with placid regularity. School, friends, even the attention of his attractive classmate Fukiishi. Until one terrible summer day, that all...

The trolling rolls on with Nagatoro! But who exactly is she? For all the time that she’s been pestering Senpai, he doesn’t really know that much about her. But that...

The playful pestering never ends with Nagatoro, and now she’s joined by her crude colleagues who get a tickle out of toying with Senpai. With summer in full swing, it’s...

Nagatoro is back and toying with Senpai more than ever...and the two only seem to be getting closer to something more than “just friends.” Armed with a lollipop, a bathing...

Lions and tigers and badgering, oh my! Nagatoro takes her teasing outdoors when Senpai asks her to join him at the zoo. The thing is, she thinks their outing is...

Summertime MagicMakoto and her companions experience summer celebrations of all sorts, from the spectacular lantern floats of Aomori's most famous festival to an otherworldly procession dedicated to exotic beasts. Along...

Makoto and her family journey to the peaceful region of Shimokita, where a mysterious figure called ""Enigumo"" can supposedly help Makoto find out which element she can control. The cousins...

Makoto and her cousins head out to the yomiya, a night festival. There they run into the Harbinger of Summer who tends to oversleep. To apologize for causing it to...

A surreal comedy in the vein of Yotsuba&! and Nichijou with a magical theme combines humor, slice of life and traditional Japanese culture in this debut work from Chihiro Ishizuka.Everyone...